About Emil Schumacher

German artist Emil Schumacher came of age in a turbulent time for his country and overcame numerous difficulties in his life to forge a personal and highly experimental approach to his artistic practice. He remains one of the most prized exponents of Abstract Expressionism in Germany.
Born in 1912 Emil Schumacher in North Rhine-Westphalia, by the age of 20 he began attending the School of Arts in Dortmund. By 1935 he was an… Read more